Vor lauter Arbeit konnte ich mich nur noch kaum retten. Ich überlege mir sogar ernsthaft ob ich dieser Food Blog doch nicht aufgeben würde. Ang ibig kong sabihin niyan ay: dahil sa dami ng trabaho hindi ko na malaman kong saan ako magsimula o ano ang unahin kong gawin. Pinag-iisipan ko nga na baka itigil ko itong food blog ko. But anyways, I can still manage to accomplish things so far. With delays of course, but I think what matters is that it is being done. I have so many recipes lined-up, recipes I cooked previously…so please do not ever wonder if I’m going to post them at one time. Don’t worry, I’m not posting it altogether in one entry. First to go is Stuffed Pepper.

Stuffed Pepper is an easy and quick recipe to prepare, just like all other recipes I posted earlier. So now let’s us not waste our time with blah blahs, let’s get started.

How to:

Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds and white membrane. Wash peppers to prepare for filling. Mix ground beef, egg, salt and pepper, thyme, onion, garlic, parsley, beef broth and breadcrumbs together and mix well.  Heat oven to 325 degrees or 170 °C. Stuff the meat mixture into the peppers, and place it into a deep baking dish, you may add ¼ cup of water a piece of butter and pinch of salt (this prevent pepper to dry) and bake for 20 minutes. 

When baking time is over, open oven and place one or two slices of mozzarella on top of stuffed pepper and bake it for another 10 to 15 minutes or until mozzarella melt.

Serve hot with rice or pasta with cream or brown sauce.

You can change many of the ingredients in this recipe and still have a great meal. There was no mozzarella when I first learned it. Adding it gives this recipe more taste.
  

Hafner family is one big family, yes it is…most specially when my step kids are here with us during school vacation time. Children in general are noted to be maselan sa pagkain. What to do if you have four kids around you and each of them has different choices of food. One doesn’t like fish, other is half vegetarian and the rest are not certain what they like to eat. I surely go nuts if I’ll wait and follow each of their wishes. So what I did is I prepared something very simple. It has vegetable, meat, pasta and cheese. It is quick to prepare, tasty and healthy. And to my surprise all four liked it.

Please take note that I prepare a big portion of Broccoli Casserole (Broccoli Auflauf). You have adjust the amount of the ingredients of this recipe for your own needs. So now here’s how:

Cook pasta in plenty of boiling, salted water until just al dente. Peel stems and florets of Broccoli and blanched in salted water. Then slice ham into cubes.

In saucepan, combine milk, flour, creme fraîche, vegetable stock cubes, salt, pepper and nutmeg and cook until slightly thickened.

In a large baking dish, toss cooked pasta, then spread sliced ham over top and add blanced broccoli. Pour sauce over the mixture then sprinkle grated cheese. Bake uncovered for 35 minutes or until cheese is golden brown (if desired).

Guten Appetit!!!